South Sentinel wins the Bergamo Film Meeting
- French director Mathieu Gérault’s movie scooped the audience award, while Romania’s Alina Grigore nabbed Best Director for Blue Moon
Mathieu Gérault’s South Sentinel [+see also:
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For their part, the international jury presided over by Volker Schlöndorff, handed the Best Director award, consisting of 2,000 euros, to Romanian director Alina Grigore’s debut feature film Blue Moon [+see also:
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The Close-Up section, meanwhile, saw the audience bestow the CGIL Bergamo Best Documentary prize, worth 2,000 euros, upon Swedish documentary Calendar Girls [+see also:
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The full list of winners is as follows:
Competition
Bergamo Film Meeting First Prize
South Sentinel [+see also:
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interview: Mathieu Gérault
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Bergamo Film Meeting Second Prize
Nö [+see also:
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interview: Dietrich Brüggemann
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Bergamo Film Meeting Third Prize
The Radio Amateur [+see also:
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film profile] - Iker Elorrieta (Spain)
Best Director
Blue Moon [+see also:
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interview: Alina Grigore
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Close-Up
CGIL Bergamo Award for Best Documentary
Calendar Girls [+see also:
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CGIL “La sortie de l’usine” Jury Award
It Is Not Over Yet [+see also:
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Special Mention
Before They Meet [+see also:
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A Marble Travelogue [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)
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